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title: "Greasy Rider: the car that runs on vegetable oil"
date: 2008-06-27T19:46:37Z
modified: 2008-06-27T19:46:37Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/greasy-rider-the-car-that-runs-on-vegetable-oil/"
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status: publish
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categories:
  - Books
tags:
  - greasy rider
  - greg melville
  - vegetable oil powered car
author: Elizabeth
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[![Greasy Rider](http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/I/51P6IrqASEL._SL110_.jpg)

](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565125959?ie=UTF8&tag=lizoneandmore-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1565125959)My brother-in-law’s college buddy, Greg Melville, converted his old mercedes to run on used vegetable oil. A book about his two cross-country voyages on vegetable oil, **[Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565125959?ie=UTF8&tag=lizoneandmore-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1565125959)**![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=lizoneandmore-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1565125959) is due out soon, but in the meantime, check out this article on CNN about the [car that runs without gas](http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/06/26/vegetable.oil.vehicle/index.html "vegetable oil car")

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Sounds pretty good in these days of high gas prices, doesn’t it?